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  1. Re:iChat? on AIM's New Terms Of Service · · Score: 1

    Trillian Pro, eh?

    Well, that's something I'll probably tell my customers then. Thanks for the tip, I don't have access to a PC with a webcam for testing.
    As an aside, are there many cams with autofocus and built-in microphones like the iSight for PCs?

  2. iChat? on AIM's New Terms Of Service · · Score: 2, Insightful

    How will this affect Apple's iChat?

    There's no way Apple will go for this, and their app uses the AIM service as well as the .Mac service. Will they just move to using the .Mac service solely?

    If they stop using AIM, there will be no way to have a proper videoconference with PC users. There is currently no other solution than using iChat on the Mac and AIM on the PC together. Yahoo Messenger only supports a webcam feature, no audio, but if you were to run Skype side-by-side, I assume that would work.

    It's all about the clean solution, though, and if AIM's new terms cause Apple to have to rethink its instant messenger service, we may be without a decent conferencing solution for a while.

    Harsh move, AOL.

  3. Re:Why are themes so bad? on Mac Contest Roundup · · Score: 1

    No, it's a fake. Geez, someone here is sure to believe _anything_ that someone mocks up in Photoshop. Take a look at his gallery of 'v-hacks' on his site.

  4. Re:Why are themes so bad? on Mac Contest Roundup · · Score: 2, Informative

    haha nice fake on the powerbook fire.. the other photoshop work on the site (gallery here) is pretty good, some funny ones.

    But you know you're going to spread FUD with this..

    Oh well.

    The Milk theme is one of the only ones that don't make my old monitor look fuzzy under OS X. Some other good themes, not in this contest, can be found here. ResExcellence

  5. Leave Rick Fox Alone on Don't Sever A High-Tech Lifeline for Musicians · · Score: 1

    Leave Rick Fox alone.. he's Canadian! ;)

  6. Of Course they're beneficial to each other.. on Apple and Linux Beneficial to Each Other? · · Score: 1

    So much is the same between them!

    Personal Web Sharing is Apache. Windows File Sharing is Samba. Printer Sharing is cups. The firewall is a default deny ipfw setup. OS X is OS X's killer app.

    Hope we keep up the good relations, too. Should be a bright future if it's full of Linux and Mac boxen.

  7. Re:Question for Apple owners on Updated Power Macs at Apple.com · · Score: 1

    I am quite happy with my year 2000 Dua 450 G4. I've only added another 256MB of RAM, for a total of 512, and a 6 GB drive on top of my 30.

    Stock ATI Rage Pro 128 card, I can play all the latest games; Max Payne, Tony Hawk, RTCW, Ghost Recon, Quake 3, Giants (rocks), No One Lives Forever, I could go on but you get the point. I also run Dreamweaver, Fireworks, Flash and Director MX at the same time, with everything else happily chugging along in the background. (iTunes, Mail.app, etc.) Also running Win 98SE and Win 2000 through Virtual PC. (for testing)

    My mac has been rock-solid throughout this time, mostly running oddball beta software, etc.

    I have my drives in 5 partitions, with an OS X 10.1 install on one, Jaguar on another, and 9.2.1 on another. Works like a charm.

    I won't be buying a new mac for another 2 years, if everything continues to go well.

  8. Re: Screenshots From Site on KDE 3.1 Released · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow, your company's fuct.

    Are you hiring? haha

  9. Screenshots From Site on KDE 3.1 Released · · Score: 5, Informative

    screenshot 1

    screenshot 2

    screenshot 3

    screenshot 4

    Don't know how the lameness filter got involved, but here's what I'm doing about it.

  10. More than you wanted to know about Q*Bert on Where Are They Now: Q*Bert · · Score: 5, Informative

    I loved the game, and still play it, Qix, and Bert (a mac 68xxx version of qbert) in both its original forms, and with the 2001 Q*Bert game for Macintosh.

    Licensed to Konami for Japanese manufacture and distribution. (02/1983)

    Inspired by artwork by M.C. Escher who was an artist that Jeff admired. Ron Waxman came up with the idea of Q*Bert changing the color of the cubes. Q*Bert's name originated by the combination of cube and Hubert, but the "Cube-Bert" was changed to "Q-Bert" to make it more unique. The concept game was called "Snots and Boogers" and then "@!#?@!" (which many of the programmers and Gottlieb VPs said would be impossible to get anyone to say) before the final version was called just "Q*Bert". Slick and Sam were a play on the phrase "spick and span" with Sam being named after co-worker Sam Russo. Rick Tighe came up with the idea of adding the pinball hardware which generated the very mechanical KA-CHUNK when Q*Bert falls off the pyramid.

    Approximately 30, 000 units were produced.

    Grab the rom (valid for mame from .36final to .63 ) here

    PLAY INSTRUCTIONS:

    - Jump on squares to change them to the target color.

    - Stay on playfield! Jumping off results in a fatal plumment unless a disk is there.

    - Avoid all objects and creatures that are not green.

    - Use spinning disks to lure snake to his death.

    - Extra life at 8000 and each additional 14000.

    Twenty years ago, gamers were captivated by a foul-mouthed orange mutant named Q*bert. In the two decades following his epic battle with the relentless Coiley, Q*bert's life evolved into a happy, normal existence. Q*bert had a girl, Q*dina (you can tell she's a girl because she's got a bow ), a powerless, frustrated enemy named Q*dirk, and a big cube land to hop around in and show off the enigmatic protrusion that must be the source of his power and charm (yeah, just go on thinking it's a nose).

    Recently, with the help of Hasbro Interactive, an insidious corporation called Sega stole Q*bert's female and placed arch-nemesis Coiley in his path, hoping the ensuing confrontation would be enough to revive their doomed platform.

    When asked to comment on the situation, Q*bert said, "&%$#@."

  11. Re:Fresher.. on Apple Smacks Down iCommune · · Score: 1

    gone now, sorry

  12. Fresher.. on Apple Smacks Down iCommune · · Score: 1

    here's a fresh one

    Just remove the space..

    http://www.geocities.com/north noise/icommune-10b1.hqx

  13. Big Difference on Apple Smacks Down iCommune · · Score: 1

    Apple has NOT BROKEN THE LAW. M$ has. It's that simple.

  14. I misunderstood.. on Banana to be Sequenced · · Score: 1

    Thought it had something to do with a song or band called Banana being sequenced (i.e. recreated in MIDI) haha

  15. Zero your data on Data Mining Used Hard Drives · · Score: 1

    It's been said before.. zero your data. Up to 7 times if you feel safer.

    Jaguar (Mac OS X 10.2) will do this with the built-in Disk Utility.

  16. Re:Wow.. on Hardware Block · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    assholes.

  17. Wow.. on Hardware Block · · Score: -1, Redundant
  18. hmm... on Mac vs. PC Digital Photography Comparison · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Okay, wait, so they compared a 3 GHz processor with a 1.25 GHz processor? Even though it's dual, it won't be used by everything that he does.. OS X itself uses the Duals, as does Photoshop, but his digicam software may not.

    Regardless, it really comes down to a personal choice. Are you strong enough to make the right one? ;)

  19. MOD PARENT UP, informative on Ark Linux · · Score: 1

    MOD PARENT UP

  20. Ark.. on Ark Linux · · Score: 1

    Will there be two of every kind? ;)

  21. Re:Nobody.. on Star Wars Action Figures · · Score: 1

    That's wicked :) I'm jealous!

  22. Nobody.. on Star Wars Action Figures · · Score: 3, Interesting

    can touch Hammerhead.. he rules too much to believe.

    My buddy had an AT-AT ( link 1,
    link 2,
    link 3,
    link 4 )and we massacred that thing.. took the head apart so we could get at the electronics and mess with 'em.. we were about 8.. it always kind of walked funny after that..

    Here's some posts as to why AT-AT's are 'retarded'.

    Face The Crowd New Media. Now with CARP-free music, Freeware OS X Apps, and wicked Wallpapers!

  23. Aww.. on OpenOffice.org For Mac OS X · · Score: 1

    But I JUST installed XDarwin!!!

    Ah well, Basilisk is fun. Imagine.. all three Mac OSs running on one computer..

    This is great though, looking forward to seeing it made available as a free download!

  24. I am watching Times Square, but WMP socks.. on New Year's Eve Wrap-Up of Wrap-Ups · · Score: 1

    thanks again.. home QT cams are better!

  25. Help! on New Year's Eve Wrap-Up of Wrap-Ups · · Score: 1

    It's not even 9:00 p.m. here in Toronto, I have friends here and broadband, where can I find some REALLY cool cams this fine evening?

    let's keep each other posted.. I know I'm not the only geek with a keyboard within reach from my seat at the couch.

    Happy New Year everyone, I'll be here all night, haha